From owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Aug 24 02:30:04 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@hub.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 89CB510656A3 for ; Tue, 24 Aug 2010 02:30:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::28]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5B1BE8FC14 for ; Tue, 24 Aug 2010 02:30:04 +0000 (UTC) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id o7O2U4KT098758 for ; Tue, 24 Aug 2010 02:30:04 GMT (envelope-from gnats@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.4/8.14.4/Submit) id o7O2U4aR098753; Tue, 24 Aug 2010 02:30:04 GMT (envelope-from gnats) Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2010 02:30:04 GMT Message-Id: <201008240230.o7O2U4aR098753@freefall.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org From: Alexander Best Cc: Subject: Re: bin/144531: [patch] cp(1) show percentage complete X-BeenThere: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Alexander Best List-Id: Bug reports List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2010 02:30:04 -0000 The following reply was made to PR bin/144531; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Alexander Best To: bug-followup@freebsd.org Cc: Subject: Re: bin/144531: [patch] cp(1) show percentage complete Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2010 02:22:14 +0000 hi there, i don't think the original patch you submitted will be accepted by any developer since it breaks the behaviour of `cp -v`. you might want to add a new switch to trigger the extra output from your patch. just be sure you don't use any switch that's already taken by POSIX [1]. however personally i don't think that your patch will be committed even with a new switch. `cp` has been the way it is for a very long time and i don't think people want it to change. you might want to open a new thread on freebsd-hackers@ or freebsd-current@ and ask what the developers think about your patch. this might trigger some interest in this PR. the fact however is that there are a lot of PRs with great and useful additions to FreeBSD. however most people that are using FreeBSD on a daily basis don't want basic applications like `cp` to change. even if a developer would commit your patch it is most likely that he'll be forced to revert the changes due to the fact that other developers don't see the need for such a change. i would expect the argument to be something like this: "the behavior of cp hasn't change since 1977. cp didn't need this feature back then and it doesn't need it now." personally i don't agree with this point of view. good luck and i hope your patch will somehow make it into the tree. i've applied your patch to my local src tree and try to use the -v when copying large files. i really like it. :) cheers. alex [1] http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/ -- a13x